Leiber & Stoller’s ‘Hound Dog’ gave Elvis his fourth American ... As Mike Stoller recalled later, originally, the song had been written for a female singer: “There was a group, Freddie ...

Leiber and Stoller along with Johnny Otis, also wrote a different version to the "Hound Dog" song structure on behalf of Big Mama Thornton, recorded with an alternative lyric entitled "Tom Cat". In ...